As with millions of others, I have started the new year looking to shed several pounds. For me, the key is not just dieting but getting some exercise too. Last week that was a bit tough because it was so cold. Nevertheless, I weathered the cold and did my walk. This week has been horrible!
It's January and I don't want the weather to be unseasonably warm. The notoriously incorrect weathermen called for 60 degrees yesterday -- thankfully they were wrong. Still, we need to really think about what is happening to us, this country, this planet due to global warming.
I miss the days of my youth when we would get off the bus, run home for our skates and then back out to the lake to skate. Everyone did it. The lake was big enough to accommodate the casual skater while allowing for a hockey game on the other end. Kids were getting their exercise -- hours of it -- and generally, parents knew where their kids were. Except for the cost of the skates, it was a free activity.
These days, however, I don't think the ice freezes for more than one day at a time. My own son doesn't know how to skate because there is no opportunity to do so.
Often I hear people praising the change of weather. They shudder when it's below freezing during the winter. I just what to shout, "If you don't like the cold, move south!" I love warm weather as much as the next guy, just not in January. It would be great to have a month of 20 degree temps just to kill off a couple deer ticks.
Modern man is certainly raping this earth.
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